I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 600 today the Amateur Traveler episode 600. Today the amateur traveler talks about monasteries,

opera, and giant hoodas and yes of course pandas as we go to Chengdu, China.

I'm going to China.

I know that I should be heading home

but maybe not, maybe not

today.

Welcome to Amateur Traveler. This is the 600th episode of Amateur Traveler and I am your

host Chris Christensen. This is a special episode, not a different episode, just a special

episode because it's number 600, so let's celebrate.

And enough of that, let's get back to work and talk about Chengdu, China.

I'd like to welcome to the show Jessica Elliott from how dare she

who has come to talk to us about Chengdu China. Jessica welcome to the show.

Thank you for having me.

And why don't we start by putting it on a map because this is a slightly less well-known

portion of China. Where are we?

We are kind of smack dab in the middle of it. So if you think

of China being like a big mass you've got compared to the US or to Australia you're looking at kind of right in the middle

kind of Missouri if you're in the US or gosh I don't even know it's in the real

Australia the yeah the yeah, or just the desert of Australia.

You're kind of right in the middle of a very massive country.

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